Breast holder



June 23, 1931.-

' H. KLQPFER BREAST HOLDER Filedsept. l29, 1927 Patented June 23, 1`93lv UNITED STATES PATENT .or-'FICE HEN'BIETTE KLOPFER, 0F BERLIN-WILMERSDORF, GRMAN Y, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 THE'FIRM W. & G. NEUMA'NN, 0F BERLIN, GERMANY BREAST HOILDIEERr Application led September 29,` 1927, Serial No.' 222,872, and in Germany June 24, 1927. 1

The breast holders on the market hold the breast in an unnatural manner. The natural juvenile-form is not preserved as, when it exists, it is spoiled by the wrong fit of the l -t; breast-holder, due to the impractical cut and to the techanically wrong manner in which it is made. When the breasts are drooping, the commonly used breast-holders are inc-apable to'restore to the -breasts the'natural juvemile-form as they shift the breasts to the sides or compress them towards the middle so that the ligure becomes bad and the 'breasts are flattened by the pressure exerted from the front, this being not only of bad appearance but also prejudicial to the health. The fabric is not only compressed all-over or at certain points, so that, by this permanent pressure, inflammations, stagnation of blood and other irregularities are caused, but also-the nipples are pressed inward by the commonly used breast-holders. This is the reason that at the points where the finest fabric of the breasts not indicated. Persons, whose sense of the beautiful and whoseA understanding of naturalness are specially developed, for instance artists, but also in other circles, think it not handsome when'the nipples of the breasts are not indicated as they ought to be naturally.LH This could never be obtained with the commonly used breast-holders, as -they do not only flatten the nipples but the whole breasts, so that only an unnatural flattened curve, comprising both breasts, is'indicated through the thin dress.

This inconvenience isA avoided according to the invention which relates to a breast-holder which leaves to the breasts their natural juvenile shape, covers and holds eachA breast singly, does not displace the same from their naturalpositions and makesthe nipples show this impression being not disturbed by the perception of any envelope. rlhisscarcely perceivable breast holder .gives nevertheless a good support to the breasts in fuliilling all the requirements as regards hygienics and aesthetics.

The invention is characterized in that, by a peculiar cut, two separate pockets are produced which adapt themselves to the form and size of the breasts. The contours of the pockets form a triangle the apex of which is turned upward. By cutting on' a portion of the blank a seam is formed which extends vertically upward from the base-line accurately up to the nipple of the breast, where it forms at its end an outwardly bulged partfor accommodating the nipple. The base of the two pocket-shaped parts is connected to a belt of fabric or rubber extending around the body and adapted to be closed at the front, `on the side or on the back. From the apex of each pocket a rubber-band extends over the shoulder and down the back to said belt.

Each pocket rests exclusively on the baseline and the two lower adjacent corners of the triangles slightly overlap the one the other at the middle ofthe breast-holder. Owing to' this arrangement the rubber-bands attached to the apexes of the triangles can never s exert a compressing strain on the surface of l thepockets but will merely press the edges of the pockets, at the outer side of the cir cumference of the curved portion, against the body. The breasts are held freely in the holder and their natural shape is not impaired in the least. The direction of the pull caused by the shoulder-straps does not act upon the surfaces of the pockets but along the edges down to the/belt and by the overlapping lowerpoints of the triangles a free and natural position of the breasts is ensured, said breast being neither pressed together nor pulled away the one from the other.

This breast-support fulfills therefore all hygienic and aesthetic requirements, makes the breasts appear in their juvenile natural form and the nipples protrude in quite natural form from the natural curvature so that the breasts, showing throu h the modern thin dresses, do not look as i they were held by a breast-holder.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows in perspective view of the breast-holder in use.

Fig. 2 shows in vertical-section one of the pockets and the breasts.

Figs. 3 to 6 illustrate the several steps of making the pattern for the breast-holder.

A square piece of fabric UZ of suitable quality, as shown in Fig. 3, is used for making the pattern for two pockets a and b shown in Fig. l. The threads of this piece of fabric extend in the diagonal. The piece of fabric is cut along the diagonal line o into two right-angled triangles Z and e. Each triangle Z and e is then folded along the perpendicular line f (Fig. 4) so that the double triangle g shown in Fig. 5 is obtained. A seam L is then sewn, in each triangle g from the base-line up to the folded edge f and the small triangle under the seam is cut off.

The double triangle is then turned over and cut ofl" along a line 7s, perpendicularly to the hypothenuse. The shape of the two pockets a, b with the screw-like bulged out portions Z at the ends of the seams Zz, is thus obtained, the nipples of the breasts being well accommodated in these bulged out portions Z. Vhen the seam ZL is ripped and the piece of fabric is spread out the correct pattern n (Fig. 6) is obtained. In the pockets a and b, made according to the pattern n, the edges o a-nd 01 form the base and the angle p the apex of the pocket, while the screw-like bulged out portion Z is formed at the point g when the edges r and r1 are sewn together. These bulged out portions Z for accommodating the nipples can be adapted to the actual conditions by giving the corresponding form to the end of the seam.

The two pockets a and Z2 are sewn on the belt s so that the two angles t and t? overlap, in order that the pull, exerted by the shoulderstraps u, acts along the edges n, i. e. along the line on the outer side of the curvature of the breast.

I claim l. A method of producing breast pockets for breast holders consisting each of a triangular piece of fabric, consisting in cutting a square piece of fabric along one of the diagonals into two equal right angle triangles each forming the material for one breast pocket, in folding said right angle triangles along a line extending from the apex perpendicular to the base to form two lequal right angle triangles, in stitching said folded triangles on a line extending at an incline from the base near the right angle corner of the triangle to the folded edge of the triangle, in cutting off the right angular corner of the triangle parallel to said stitching, in cutting off the remaining piece of the base on a line extending from the lower end of said stitching perpendicular to the diametrically opposite side of the triangle, and in turning the remaining piece of fabric inside out to form a breast pocket having a bulged out portion for accommodating the nipple.

2. A method of producing breast pockets as specified in claim l, consisting in forming the pattern for said pocket by ripping open the seam formed by the stitching, 1n again sewing together the edges of the seam, and in appropriately shaping the end of the seam to accommodate the nipple.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

HENRIETTE KLOPFER. 

